# The next Ice age has been postponed, or not?

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**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-ice-age-has-been-postponed-or-not/725007 "2015-07-13T03:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-ice-age-has-been-postponed-or-not/725007/43 "2015-07-15T15:39:55Z")

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I think the honest answer to the OPs honest question is …

No … although the double dynamo is an important discovery in the field of solar physics, it’s not particularly relevant to climate change. Sure, some very slight reduction in solar output would have a very slight effect on global warming. Sure, commercial media will pay people to say “The Ice Age cometh”. We’re just not seeing anything here that rebuts **The Master’s** claim “the next [glaciation] in all likelihood has been postponed until further notice.”

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